Daily Kennebec journal., 1887-12-13
LAST EVENINGS NEWS.
Sensational Elopements in Michigan
Thrown Into the River--John L. Sulli-
van Given an Ovation -Cincinnati's
Bank Breaker Sentenced--FatalR Rail
road Accident in Ohio

The jury in the Harper trial at Cincinnati,
has just returned a verdict of guilty and
Harper has been sentenced to ten years I'M
prsonment.
Pauline $. Chauitzen. aged II years,
daughter of Niagara Falls minister, has
eloped with David Littlejohn, full blooded
Tuscorora Indian.
Jennie Smith school teacher, aged %
years, of Lamert, Michigan, has eloped with
coal black negro, named Alexander Nc
Gee.
The Prince Devawongse. it is said, is anx-
ious to introduce type-writing into Siam.
Reliable advices say that Bismarck was
seized with a sudden illness, Saturday. The
attack speedily passed off but the physician
advises rest and abstention from any busi-
ness.
John l.. Sullivan and party arrived at Dub
lin, Sunday night, and crowd of people,
timated at fifteen thousand awaited him at
the terminus. Cheers were repeatedly raised
and the greatest difficulty was experienced in
getting the Sullivan party across to Grovernor
Hotel. The pressure was so great the hall
door was burst in and much rough force had
to be employed to keep back the enthusias-
tic admirers of the great slugger. Sullivan
briefly addressed the crowd from n window.
NJ. Trad has consented to make another
attempt to organize ministry His cabinet
probably will be rs follows; Trad, prime
minister and minister of finance; Flourens,
minister of foreign affairs Fallieres minister
of Justice Sarrien, minister of interior Gen.
Wolf, minister of war; Admiral Mahy min
lister of marine; Lambert, minister of public
works Deubresne, minister of commerce;
NJ. Niette, minister of agriculture.
During drinking frolic at Dorchester, on
Sunday evening, Thomas + IIoar of Boston
tried to force an entrance into room, was
resisted, got mad and shot Mrs. Williams
who opposed him.
At Boston new trial of the famous Cod
man will case commenced on Monday. Cod
man left the bulk of his property to woman
named Violet Kimball, to the exclusion of
his wife and family, over 2000 letters be-
tween Goldman and the kimball woman form
part of the evidence.
As George Holland, Mike Feeney and "a
man named Camwell were crossing Shaw's
bridge. Buckfeld, Saturday night, their
horse became unmanageable and ran the
wagon against the side of the bridge, throw
ing Camwcll aud Feeney into the river
Camwell struck the water feet foremost and
was not much injured, but Feeneys head
came in contact with the planking scraping
the side of it badly and leaving one ear
hanging by the lobe. He was taken from
the water insensible, and carried to the vii
lage where his wounds were dressed.
Robert f. Beecher the secretary of the
Continental Life Insurance Company, and
Isaac W Hakes, the chief clerk of the COM
pany was arrested on Monday at Hartford,
Conn. for making false returns to the in
surance commissioner.
Aubertine who shot Ferry is an educated
man and has published a number of school
books. His landlady says that his misfor-
tunes maddened him and that he is danger
ous luna ic His father committed suicide
by hanging because of failure in business.
/ Aubertine's violent temper drove his wife
to seek divorce. On one occasion he tried
to kill her He has travelled through Ger
many England and Belgium and has been in
prison for blackmailing.
freight train on the New York, Pennsyl-
vania and Ohio road, in Akron, o.. Sunday
night run into a local freight. The collision
occurred on high embankment and the men
and cars were hurled forty feet downward.
Engineer Cassidy and Brakeman keihl were
fatally injured. The engine is pile of
| scrap iron in the ditch and many cars are de-
molished.
/ Saturday night on the Wharton plantation
at Wharton, Tex, James Porter shot his
wife dead, and then killed himself.
| Senator Colquit of Georgia, in an addres:
before the temperance union on Sunday, al
| legged that prohibition was defeated in Geor
| gia by fraud. The negroes were deceived
II 10, hn
denounced prohibition.
| Rev $. l.. Hanscom, one of the ables
Methodist clergvmen in the East Maine con
ference, formerly located in Thomaston
now in Bucksport, has received and accepted
a call to Birmingham, Alabama, at hand
some salary. and leaves at once to preach
there the first Sunday in January. Mr.
Hanscom is also member of the First Mains
Cavalry Association and his departure is re
GREETED by his many friends throughout th'
/ State.
A Buda Pesth dispatch says: As a result
of quarrel over money matters Edmond
Literally. member of parliament, fought I
duel with his brother-n-law. Pistols were
used and Literally received probably fata
wound.
The London Standards correspondent a
Constantinople, say that the delay of th'
Vanderbilt yacht in the Dardanelles was dn'
to the fact that the yachtsnen persisted IL
ayipg the colors of their yacht instead of th'
flag used by the merchant service in passing
the straits.
DIS. Kallock, ex-mayor OF San Fran
cisco. died Saturday afternoon at his resi-
dence, New ohalcomb. W. T., after al
Illness of several months.